Global University Venturing

University corner: first quarter of 2019

Ride hailing services company Uber, backed by many corporate investors, held its long-awaited $8.1bn IPO, which was the world's largest since 2014, though many consider it a disappointment

Monthly analysis: April 2019

UPMC-founded ID Connect offers a telemedicine platform to help hospitals manage the spread of serious infectious diseases.

Space Audit Systems has been founded on University of Wolverhampton intellectual property to market software that formalises the process of auditing space usage.

Meditation device manufacturer Core has attracted $4m from seed investors including Stanford-StartX Fund as it ramps up towards the full release of its product.

Modvion was founded with support from Chalmers Ventures and will collaborate with Chalmers University of Technology to construct a prototype wind electricity tower made from laminated timber near Gothenburg.

ICL medical device developer GripAble has added funding from Triple Point Impact EIS Investment Fund to $198,000 of equity secured from investors including Oxford Technology Management in 2017.

Power grid management technology developer Synaptec spun out of University of Strathclyde in 2014 and has now won support from the corporate-backed Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund.

SetSquared Bath-affiliate Verv has secured backing from investors including Centrica as it continues the roll-out of its smart energy hub and peer-to-peer trading platform for renewable electricity.

Arm has returned to co-lead 5G network product manufacturer Blu Wireless's latest round after previously backing the Bristol spinout in 2017.